Nova Scotia 1813 1/2 penny token

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 40721

This specimen was lot 40729 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CANADA. Nova Scotia. Copper 1/2 Penny Token, 1813. PCGS MS-63 Brown." This token was issued decades before regular coinage was issued for Canada.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: NS-20A4; Breton-962.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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